Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-14
REV. DIR. BURTON DEAD,

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 one of the Leading Congregational Ministers of the State-Wen Remem- l bered i'm Fair Eaven-A Member of Yale Corporation.
 | The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel J. Burton of Hart ford, one of the foremost Cengregationalist ! ministers of the State, died suddenly at Il
 o'clock yesterday morning. Some months | ago he was thrown from his carriage and
 badly hurt and pneumonia followed, but he had nearly recovered.
 About ten o'clock yesterday morning he l began to complain of trouble about the heart I and was troubled in his breathing. He grew | rapidly worse and Drs Hooker, Jarvis, Por- ter and Kellogg were summoned by tele- phone. His face grew pale and his pulse
 weaker till at just eleven o'clock he breathed his last. There werS present at his bedside ! Mrs. Burton, Mrs. Henry Wilson, MT. John Hooker, the nurse and servant In about fifteen minutes Drs Porter and Hooker ar 1 rived and later Dr. Jarvis, but Dr. Burton ] had breathed his last and passed beyond hu- man aid. Drs. Porter and Shepard have been his attending physicians. Only few days since Dr. Burton said to one of the members of his family: "I want to go out and look at the place that killed mel referring to the
  Dr. Burton was born in Trumbull, Fair field county, Conn.,, on December F, 1894 He was the son of a Methodist minister and was graduated at Wesleyan college in the clas of 1850, but went to Yale Theological school and became a Congregational minis ter He taught school year at Newark, N. J., after graduation and began his theo- logical studies in 1851. From 1853 to 1857 he was pastor of the Second Congregational church of Fair Haven, and from there went to the Fourth church in Hartford, going in 1870 to the Park church, of which he was pastor at the time of his death His pastoral work in Hartford was continuous except the year 1868, which was spent in Europe for his health. He also visit ed Europe in 1872. He was made D, D. by Wesleyan in 1870. He married Miss Rachel Chase of New York city, September IA, 1853, and had one son, Richard, born March IA, 1859. He was a member of the Yale col- lege corporation and occupied for one year the Lyman Beecher lectureship in Yale Theo- logical seminary, which has been filled by the leading divines of the land, including Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Rev. Phillips Brooks and Rev. Dr. John Hall. Although eagerly solicited he declined the publication of the course of lectures in the Beecher ap- pointment.
 In 1861 Dr. Burton was called by the Ply mouth Congregational church of San Fran cisco to be their pastor. The offer was ac- eompanied by promise of $5, 900 in gold as the salary. The expenses of reaching the Pacific coast were to be borne by the society. This was before the Union Pacific railroad was constructed, the line not being completed until 1865. Dr. Burton declined the fatter- ing offer from the church, which is the lead ing Congregational church on that coast, and | it has been ministered to by Rev. Dr. A. l.. Stone, who has but recently resigned.
 Dr. Burton's literary gifts were of the most | brilliant character, and his culture was broad | and liberal. His depth ot generosity and | good will could not be fathomed. His heart l touched the whole mass of men, and his life 1 in Hartford has been magnificent exemplifi- 1 cation of the Christian faith. He is most af- | fectionately remembered by many in Fair | Haven who were among his parishioners there | thirty years ago and who will mourn his | death as that of very dear friend. pr. Bur | ton cherished most pleasant recolIections of | his Fair Haven friends, and whenever in New Haven and time permitted it delighted him to meet with them.